I've spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that
36 is an occupational disease．But one year, my
37 gave me the cure for my homesickness．
It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet—a stuffed penguin（企鹅）that
38 about five inches tall．Attached to its left wing
39 a little sign with the hand-painted declaration "I Love My Dad! "．I
40 the penguin at once on my table．
On my next trip, I put the penguin in my suitcase．That night when I
41__ home, my daughter Jeanine was
42 because the penguin had disappeared．"Honey, he's here with me, " I explained, "I brought him
43 ."
44 , the penguin came with me—as necessary as my briefcase．And we
__45 along the way．In Albuquerque, I checked into a
46 , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting．When I returned, the maid had
47 the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow．
One night, I discovered the penguin
48 , and after a mad phone call, I learned I' d
49 it in my previous hotel room,
50 it had been rescued by a maid．I
__51 a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk．In the hotel lobby（大厅）, other tired business travelers were
__52 at the reunion of my penguin and me---I think with a bit of
53 ．
Jeanine is in college now, and I don't travel
54 . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion．All those years on
55 , it was the one thing I never left home without．
| 小题1: | | A．cold | B．hunger | C．loneliness | D．fever |
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| 小题2: | | A．wife | B．daughter | C．friend | D．mother |
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| 小题3: | | A．stood | B．lay | C．jumped | D．climbed |
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| 小题4: | | A．wrote | B．turned | C．was | D．had |
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| 小题5: | | A．threw | B．lost | C．ordered | D．placed |
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| 小题6: | | A．drove | B．called | C．wrote | D．went |
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| 小题7: | | A．upset | B．happy | C．glad | D．excited |
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| 小题9: | | A．From now on | B．In the future | C．In future | D．From then on |
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| 小题10: | | A．had friends | B．had friend | C．made friends | D．made friend |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．hotel | C．shop | D．supermarket |
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| 小题12: | | A．given | B．turned | C．made | D．carried |
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| 小题13: | | A．sleeping | B．going | C．living | D．missing |
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| 小题14: | | A．forgot | B．left | C．ordered | D．sent |
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| 小题15: | | A．there | B．when | C．where | D．how |
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| 小题16: | | A．ran | B．walked | C．hurried | D．drove |
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| 小题17: | | A．surprised | B．frightened | C．looked | D．laughed |
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| 小题18: | | A．anger | B．admiration | C．sadness | D．illness |
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| 小题19: | | A．as many | B．as seldom | C．so few | D．as much |
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| 小题20: | | A．the hotel | B．the meeting | C．the trip | D．the house |
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